Lionel Messi 17th, Mohamed Salah 3rd – The most valuable players out of contract in 2025
Lionel Messi 17th, Mohamed Salah 3rd – The most valuable players out of contract in 2025
With the 2024/25 football season now in full flow, a number of top players are entering the last year of their contracts. The prospect of losing valuable assets for free next summer will spark panic amongst senior club figures and decisions will need to be made on their futures and quick. Some clubs may attempt to convince their stars to sign new deals, while others could look to sell-up in this January transfer window to avoid them leaving for nothing six months later.
The free agent market is extremely attractive to potential buyers and clubs will be able to officially approach players that aren’t with teams in their own leagues, on January 1, when they have just six months left on their contracts. With so many players now having less than 12 months left of their deals, we’ve analysed the most valuable players with contracts expiring in the summer of 2025, and there are a number of top quality talents that could be available on a free transfer next July.
Most Valuable Players Running Out Of Contract in 2025
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40. Tariq Lamptey – Brighton – €12m
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39. Nicola Zalewski – Roma – €12m
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38. Callum Wilson – Newcastle – €13m
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37. Walter Benítez – PSV – €13m
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36. Mario Pasalic – Atalanta – €13m
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35. Josh Brownhill – Burnley – €13m
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34. Jhon Córdoba – Krasnador – €14m
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33. Cristiano Ronaldo – Al-Nassr – €15m
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32. Victor Lindelöf – Manchester United – €15m
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31. Kenny Tete – Fulham – €15m
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30. Cucho Hernández – Columbus Crew – €15m
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29. Leif Davis – Ipswich – €15m
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28. Yarek Gasiorowski – Valencia – €15m
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27. Danilho Doekhi – Union Berlin – €17m
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26. Marco Verrati – Al-Arabi – €18m
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25. Harry Maguire – Manchester United – €18m
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24. Thomas Partey – Arsenal – €18m
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23. Christian Norgaard – Brentford – €18m
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22. Denzen Dumfries – Inter Milan – €20m
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21. Kyle Walker-Peters – Southampton – €20m
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20. Ferland Mendy – Real Madrid – €22m
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19. Dominic Calvert-Lewin – Everton – €22m
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18. Amad Diallo – Manchester United – €22m
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17. Lionel Messi – Inter Miami – €25m
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16. Sean Longstaff – Newcastle – €25m
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15. Tyrick Mitchell – Crystal Palace – €25m
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14. Frank Anguissa – Napoli – €27m
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13. Olivier Boscagli – PSV – €27m
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12. Angel Gomes – Lille – €28m
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11. Virgil van Dijk – Liverpool – €30m
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10. Neymar – Al-Hilal – €30m
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9. Jonathan Tah – Bayer Leverkusen – €30m
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8. Kevin De Bruyne – Manchester City – €45m
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7. Heung-min Son – Tottenham – €45m
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6. Jonathan David – Lille – €45m
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5. Joshua Kimmich – Bayern Munich – €50m
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4. Alphonso Davies – Bayern Munich – €50m
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3. Mohamed Salah – Liverpool – €55m
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2. Leroy Sané – Bayern Munich – €60m
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1. Trent Alexander-Arnold – Liverpool – €70m
The most valuable free agents in 2025
In first place as the most valuable player entering the last year of his current contract is Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold. The Liverpool right-back has a market value of €70m, and has been strongly linked with a move to Real Madrid next summer. He is the current vice captain at Anfield, and has been at the club since he was six years old, progressing through the various youth teams to become a key player at Liverpool. He has won both the Champions League and the Premier League with the Reds, but the opportunity to join ‘Los Blancos’ and be the successor to Dani Carvajal may be too tempting to deny.
In second place is Bayern Munich winger Leroy Sané with a market value of €60m. The former Manchester City player has been linked with a move to a number of Premier League clubs including Manchester United. In third is another Liverpool star in 33-year-old Mohamed Salah with a market value of €55m. He is the club’s all-time top Premier League scorer with 140 goals, but has been linked with a summer move to the Saudi Pro League. In fourth is Bayern Munich full-back Alphonso Davies – the 23-year-old Canadian has a market value of €50m. Bayern’s dominance over the list continues, with 29-year-old midfielder Joshua Kimmich in fifth – also boasting a €50m market value.
Sixth place goes to Lille striker Jonathan David, with the 24 year old having a current market value of €45m. He is followed by Tottenham’s Heung-min Son and Man City’s Kevin De Bruyne – both also having a €45m market value, but Son leading being one year De Bruyne’s junior. Bayer Leverkusen’s 28-year-old defender Jonathan Tah comes in ninth with a €30m market value, with Al-Hilal superstar Neymar completing the top 10, also with a €30m valuation.
As illustrated in the graphic above, if we combine an XI of the most valuable players running out of contract next summer, it creates a fearsome line-up. PSV’s Walter Benítez is in between the sticks. The experience of Tah and Virgil van Dijk at centre-back is flanked by two of the world’s best full-backs in Alexander-Arnold and Davies. Kimmich then holds the midfield. In front of him, the creative force that is De Bruyne, is joined by Lille and England midfielder Angel Gomes. Then the front three pits Salah and Sané on the wings with David through the middle. It showcases that there is plenty of talent that could be available on a free on July 1, 2025.
